Do you care what your Partner does for a Living?

Yes, everyone is allowed a preference. I wouldn't care if someone didn't want to date me because of my job.

I don't care about pay at all, but I would avoid certain jobs. Anything that involved working incredibly long hours, because I don't see the point in being in a relationship with someone that you barely ever see. I also wouldn't date a politician because the majority of them are liars, or a chef because I spent years working in pubs and most of them were grumpy bastards with alcohol issues.

I’ve split up with loads of people because they didn’t like what I did for a living! (Doctor, they wanted a wifey)

I can understand this, why world you want another dependent person? But apart from this consideration, I can't see why anyone would care.

We met at university so I didn't know how he'd do in his career, but I liked that he was ambitious and wanted to earn well. I wouldn't have been attracted to someone who wasn't like that. We'd both grown up without much money and wanted better lives.

So yes, I suppose if mattered.

That's an interesting one! They'd have to be a bit mad scientist, I reckon. Maybe a bit Dr. Frankenstein. I'm crap at maths and science stuff, so they'd need to really make it interesting. 😂

So would it be OK for our partners to not be happy with what do? For the woman that chose to work that is and not go the man is a plan route

Not really about high pay but someone who wasn't intelligent with a bit of drive, wouldn't really do it for me.

No but I gave my school sweetheart up because he wasn't ambitious

Nope it doesn't bother me.When we met DH fit car alarms for a living. Now nearly 30 years later he is CTO at a large international web hosting business. He is more stressed now which I don't love but he doesn't hate his job and he likes the money so swings and roundabouts! I don't feel any differently about him now than I did then - whatever he does he works hard which I do like as I don't find laziness or lack of ambition attractive.

Nope. DH does a manual job and I love that it keeps him fit, like a free gym 🤣 at one point he didn't work while he looked after the kids and I worked. Loved that too.

Tbh yes. It's not really the money aspect. I wanted (and have) a husband who is of a similar intellectual level to me and who has an interesting, professional-type job. Not anything flashy, high-flying or especially well-paid.

Trades involve a skill, being a bin man doesn't.

I care but on the basis of morality rather than snobby-ness if that's such a word, so as someone else has said above nothing illegal or such as weapons selling. I also care in terms of dedication and commitment, I would find it hard to be with someone I found workshy for example and I would also want someone to prioritise family over work which I think would limit some things.

No, if anything for me it’s more about their attitude to work/ambition etc.

When I first met my partner a couple of years ago he had a £45k job and he hated it. He had no motivation towards work and put bare minimum in. He complained about his job a lot and would sometimes need to be reminded by his boss of the expectations, because he would sometimes shirk. His management were awful and he found it hard to want to please.

Now he does something completely different, an admin job where he’s on £29k. And he absolutely adores it. He loves his colleagues, his management are great and supportive. He looks forward to working and loves to share stories from his working day. He has spoken to his manager about progression in his role/the company and he just loves his job and feels really passionate about it.

And this is way more attractive to me! I’d much rather he had a simpler job, earning far less than he used to, but was happy in the job and had ambition for it/a passion for it.

No. I find grafting attractive but not in the monetary sense. More like work ethics and wanting to be good at whatever they do/care about doing a good job.

Yes I care. I think it's strange not to, to be honest.

It's a part of who they are, their personality and the choices they have made in life.

It has to work well with me, my personality and the choices I have made and what I find attractive in a partner.

And if I'm going to be listening to them talk about it over dinner for the rest of my life then of course it matters!

That doesn't mean it has to be a high flying career, or that it's about money, but there are certain jobs where I simply couldn't see myself dating someone who does that for a living, because I can't see our personalities meshing well together.

For example a professional sportsperson or someone in the army would probably be a terrible match for me.

I find men attractive who are ambitious, have a job they can talk about and share, enjoys what they do

@Aquarius1234 it depends what time the toddler wakes us up, but assuming we get over that hurdle, yeah 🤣

I'm less happy the mornings he (DH, not toddler) gets up at stupid o'clock to get to the gym!!

Not really, I do like competent men, who are really good at what they do.

work ethic and commitment to it are what I like.